New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

After all what is fame2 Here is "The waterbury
American" referring to the late Miss Catherine VOLS
rs Catherine Lewis.
In recent column letter from Joe Howard was this
piece Of news: "My Beecher book Is selling like hos
cakes and it ought to-" The rest of the letter UNI
mportant-tBoston Transcript.
St Joseph. No. now claims to be the only genu-
inc Simon pure railroad centre in the United States
Tt has also adopted as its nom dc plume the high
sounding title "The Queen City Of the Missouri VAL
ley and the Gateway to the New Vest And OF
course like every other Western city, 1t has the Dig
gest boom in creation.
A correspondent sends the following, which no
thinks to good to be lost zone OF our Roxbury cio-
zens has daughter aooue three years 1,u tism the
next day she said she was going to have baptism
herse and arranging her dolls along the eage Oh tn'
bathtub she prepared Of them Tor immersion.
Her mother hearing Che childs voice, ADVANCED WIN
in listening distance and heard the following addres:
tho rather and the Son, and into the hole you so"
-tBoston Transcript
Women in Zanzibar pierce their or rather boro
them and for decoration they insert rolls OF twisted
paper, concobs and the Like.
The principal occupation of the young bootoiacm
in tho City Hall Park, Washington Square and Other
resorts is to pitch pennies For hours these budding
Italians, Greeks, Turks, Irish and what not gamble
away their petty earnings. When the supply Is ex-
hausted the losers may be seen scuryng about among
peres srans Offering to "Give yer shine, boss. II
make or patent leather shoe look sick-only two
cents, Sometimes in their eagerness they put tho
price at one penny.
Claus spreckles, who has made his millions In Sand
wtch Island sugar is going to Europe to study tns
California. spreckss Is said to have had failnS
OUT with King Kalakaua, and now thinks that tno
sugar beet may be used to beat sugar from HAWAII
springfield Union
II IL said that 100000 copies Of George W. Pecks
Bad Boyn books have been sold.
It's considered one of the highest marks OF dstinc-
ton In tho Legislature TO be appointed On standing
commune enas VIII ss al h W. ~ the "bnw
-(Springned Union
There mysterious rmors in the Sunny South
to the erect that Mr. Grady, of "Ihe Atlanta Const-
utfonD Colonel Belo OF "The Galveston News and
Major Burke, Of "The Neworleans 1rimes Democrat"
arc thinking Of starting great Democratic daily pa
per In this city devoted to the interests OF the South
This would give Henry watteHon pretty clear field
down there.
"I always thought they were such nice people And
they actually walled in Central Park
dYou don't mean it"
IL saw then With my own eyes. Do you wondes
that J sus ta aS
Resolves to do It hersef.-tTown Topics.
When General Martinez, of Mexico, was lighting
against Macmillan he and his soldiers were In tho
habit =. taking what they wanted from the people,
even going far as to levy on the treasures OF tho
churches one day the sacristan Of certain church
found two Of the soldiers from the army OF Marines
on their knees before the altar OF Our Lady Of
Guadalupe. Tho shrine was covered with coins ana
Jewels placed there by devotees offering up prayep
for the safety Of absent ones or In gratitude Tor
delverance from some peril. And one OF the
"Macheteros' was praying like this:
AMY dear, holy lady I'm poor boy. I've been
in the army year. and haven't mado anything
so far Tve very poor family. They may DO
starving I'm obliged to take some OF these precious
things. II have good luck In robbing some other
place III return these"
So saying be arose from his knees, walked up and
coolly swept tho shrine OF the valuables.
A Mistake Corrected-First Sweet Child-Ohi ISM
IL lovely How ! wish could have some real Old
Second Sweet Chih-Mamma bought this yesterday.
It's Just common lace like yours. 49,
those 81 son Hsn Children nV wear ~ "'' ~ ~
8 s. C.-No, I just tumbled down in the mud
CTid-Ets.
Lord Iansdowne is formally known "a Henry
Charles Keith Petty Fitzmaurice, Marquis OF Lans-
downe: Farlo Wycombe Chipping wycombe, Buck"
Inqhamshire yiscount Calne and Calnestone, wiltshire:
lord wycombe Baron Of Chipping wycombe, Buck
inghamshire; Earl OF Kerry; Earl Of sheburne; VS.
count Clanmaunco and Fitzmaurice; Baron of Kerry.
Lixnaw and Dunkeron"
We would suggest to the enterprising soap manu-
facturers that they neglectng their opportunities
None OF them has az yet secured a recommendations
from Queen kapiolam or the frahcess Liuo6alah-
Clansas City Journal
1t will be great day in London when Buffalo
BIZ, Mr. Gladstone and the Prince Of Wales sit down
20 q genuine Indian barbecue and rib roast
Partisan idea of joke any daughter" says
one In of pride, "is only sixteen years old,
and she looks twenty" And my Virgnie' added
Mmc Cardinal, with still greater enthusiasm my
virglnie is only eleven and she has already boom
insulted In the street"-tParis Figaro
man in the Duchy Of .Arhalt has wagercd 1000
marks that within two years no can copy the who.s
of the Bible. punctuation and all. without single
mistake.
The manager of the st. Louis Baseball Club com.
plains that salaries too high. The members dons
get any than oar supreme Court judges, etneri
| Reduce q working mans wages and no will strike;
| hut cut down q baseball players salary and the
probabilities that no viii refuse TO strike
| town Herald.
| In the year 1888 Paris consumed 3o3,so4 oxen.
iss595 calves, 1,979,536 sheep, 3j2,004 hogs anu
7o62,4lS pounds OF horsefesh, averaging l'' pounu'
| Of meat for each lnhabitant